In late 2017, I had to spend one full day and night without sleeping searching to buy shares of my favorite company Intel Corporation (Nasdaq ticker symbol INTC).
Starting that Thursday morning in late 2017, I was searching the internet, and it was very stressful and late that night around 1:30 AM (which was now Friday) Google shifted the search to an app called JStock which was developed in Malaysia, and it provides investing in US securities through a Fintech (Financial Technology) company named DriveWealth.
I had to deposit 10 US$ and submit a photo of my passport and DriveWealth electronically submitted the W-7 form to IRS and my investing account was opened.
I kept depositing small amounts of cash using my Visa debit card in US$ and after a few days I bought my first ever share of a company. It was Intel Corporation.
A few years ago, DriveWealth stopped serving investing accounts opened in Maldives and I had to transfer my shares to another broker.
I searched the internet this time for a few hours and found a securities investing company named Interactive Brokers which turned to be one of the largest brokers of stocks in the United States. I transferred my shares to Interactive Brokers that nigh.
In 2003 I sold my 3 shares of MTCC which my father had bought for me when I was a child.
In early 2018 I for the very first time bought a share of my favorite local company Dhivehi Raajegey Gulhun PLC (MSD ticker symbol DHR).
My broker was Aariya Securities Pvt Ltd in Male', Maldives. Now Aariya Securities Pvt Ltd has closed their operations in Male'.
Now I own 1 share of Dhiraagu and 1 share of Intel.
Allah Akbar...Allah is great...
